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Hebrew word study

גְּבוּלgᵉbûwl — properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a bo…

Pronounced “gheb-ool'”

properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed

Translated in the King James as: border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

Appears 227 times in Scripture

Origin: or גְּבֻל; (shortened) from H1379 (גָּבַל);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 3×

Genesis 10:19 Genesis 23:17 Genesis 47:21

Exodus — 7×

Exodus 8:2 Exodus 10:4 Exodus 10:14 Exodus 10:19 Exodus 13:7 Exodus 23:31 Exodus 34:24

Numbers — 26×

Numbers 20:16 Numbers 20:17 Numbers 20:21 Numbers 20:23 Numbers 21:13 Numbers 21:15 Numbers 21:22 Numbers 21:23 Numbers 21:24 Numbers 22:36 Numbers 33:44 Numbers 34:3 Numbers 34:5 Numbers 34:6 Numbers 34:7 Numbers 34:8 Numbers 34:9 Numbers 34:10 Numbers 34:11 Numbers 34:12 Numbers 35:26 Numbers 35:27+ 4 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 13×

Deuteronomy 2:4 Deuteronomy 2:18 Deuteronomy 3:14 Deuteronomy 3:16 Deuteronomy 3:17 Deuteronomy 11:24 Deuteronomy 12:20 Deuteronomy 16:4 Deuteronomy 19:8 Deuteronomy 19:14 Deuteronomy 27:17 Deuteronomy 28:40+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 79×

Joshua 1:4 Joshua 12:2 Joshua 12:4 Joshua 12:5 Joshua 13:3 Joshua 13:4 Joshua 13:10 Joshua 13:11 Joshua 13:16 Joshua 13:23 Joshua 13:25 Joshua 13:26 Joshua 13:27 Joshua 13:30 Joshua 15:1 Joshua 15:2 Joshua 15:4 Joshua 15:5 Joshua 15:6 Joshua 15:7 Joshua 15:8 Joshua 15:9 Joshua 15:10 Joshua 15:11 Joshua 15:12+ 54 more in Joshua

Judges — 8×

Judges 1:18 Judges 1:36 Judges 2:9 Judges 11:18 Judges 11:20 Judges 11:22 Judges 19:29+ 1 more in Judges

1 Samuel — 9×

1 Sam 5:6 1 Sam 6:9 1 Sam 6:12 1 Sam 7:13 1 Sam 7:14 1 Sam 10:2 1 Sam 11:7 1 Sam 13:18 1 Sam 27:1

2 Samuel — 1×

1 Kings — 2×

1 Ki 1:3 1 Ki 4:21

2 Kings — 5×

2 Ki 3:21 2 Ki 10:32 2 Ki 14:25 2 Ki 15:16 2 Ki 18:8

1 Chronicles — 4×

1 Chr 4:10 1 Chr 6:54 1 Chr 6:66 1 Chr 21:12

2 Chronicles — 2×

2 Chr 9:26 2 Chr 11:13

Job — 1×

Psalms — 5×

Psalms 78:54 Psalms 104:9 Psalms 105:31 Psalms 105:33 Psalms 147:14

Proverbs — 3×

Proverbs 15:25 Proverbs 22:28 Proverbs 23:10

Isaiah — 4×

Isaiah 15:8 Isaiah 19:19 Isaiah 54:12 Isaiah 60:18

Jeremiah — 4×

Jeremiah 5:22 Jeremiah 15:13 Jeremiah 17:3 Jeremiah 31:17

Ezekiel — 41×

Ezekiel 11:10 Ezekiel 11:11 Ezekiel 27:4 Ezekiel 29:10 Ezekiel 40:12 Ezekiel 43:12 Ezekiel 43:13 Ezekiel 43:17 Ezekiel 43:20 Ezekiel 45:1 Ezekiel 45:7 Ezekiel 47:13 Ezekiel 47:15 Ezekiel 47:16 Ezekiel 47:17 Ezekiel 47:18 Ezekiel 47:20 Ezekiel 48:1 Ezekiel 48:2 Ezekiel 48:3 Ezekiel 48:4 Ezekiel 48:5 Ezekiel 48:6 Ezekiel 48:7 Ezekiel 48:8+ 16 more in Ezekiel

Hosea — 1×

Joel — 1×

Amos — 3×

Amos 1:13 Amos 6:2+ 1 more in Amos

Obadiah — 1×

Micah — 1×

Zephaniah — 1×

Malachi — 2×

Malachi 1:4 Malachi 1:5

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